Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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FilmPatty Jenkins shares first images from Wonder Woman sequel
The first images for the Wonder Woman sequel have been shared by the film’s director, Patty Jenkins, and it looks like we’re going to see Gal Gadot’s Diana Prince in the 1980s Read more »| 13 Jun 2018 -
FilmThe Quiet Earth
Geoffrey Murphy's off-beat last man on Earth drama from New Zealand Read more »| 13 Jun 2018 -
FilmDark River
Clio Barnard joins the recent run of UK directors making emotionally fraught dramas in rural settings with Dark River Read more »| 13 Jun 2018 -
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In the Fade
Drama following a woman whose family is killed in a terrorist attack has little to recommend it beyond Diane Kruger's moving central performance Read more »| 13 Jun 2018 -
FilmHeathers is coming back to UK cinemas
The iconic black comedy starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater is heading back to UK cinemas this August. Be reminded of this 1988 film’s pitch black cynicism with the restored version’s new trailer Read more »| 13 Jun 2018 -
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Gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh: 13-18 Jun
It's another busy gig week across Glasgow and Edinburgh bringing us Future Islands, The Wave Pictures, The Big Moon, Dr Hook and Bill Murray. Yes, that one Read more »| 13 Jun 2018
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Chromeo's Dave 1 introduces Head Over Heels
Ahead of fifth album Head Over Heels, Chromeo's David Macklovitch – aka Dave 1 – talks collaboration and curation on the band's love letter to funk Read more »| 12 Jun 2018 -
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Pop Thrills: A Love Letter to Scottish Pop
Ahead of the National Museum of Scotland's Rip It Up exhibition we speak to journalists, radio hosts and documentary makers about the moments in Scottish music that matter to them Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Getting To Know Baboon from Wuh Oh
Ahead of their upcoming headline show at The Blue Arrow as part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival, we meet the newest member of Wuh Oh – Baboon Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Here Lies Man – You Will Know Nothing
Here Lies Man’s novel collision of afrobeat and psych-rock lacks necessary nourishment on their sophomore outing You Will Know Nothing Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Supersonic 2018: Preview & Mix
Ahead of the 2018 edition of Birmingham's Supersonic festival, we take a closer look at the line-up with a handy mix to help fully whet your appetite Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Melody's Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage
French musician Melody Prochet's second album as Melody's Echo Chamber, Bon Voyage is wildly inconsistent Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Chromeo – Head Over Heels
Head Over Heels is a multi-layered trail through funk's iterations loaded with squealing synth leads, big basslines, and more sass and energy than you can shake a stick at Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
Hope Downs is as good a reminder as any that life’s a blast. Head to the beach, you’ve found the soundtrack from Melbourne's Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Read more »| 11 Jun 2018 -
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Michael Rault – It’s a New Day Tonight
Michael Rault’s dream-weaving folk-rock fuses his friendly grasp of the genre’s past and present stylings seamlessly on It’s a New Day Tonight Read more »| 11 Jun 2018